Gen. Fonseka to be indicted in High Courts, State Counsel says

Gen.(retd) Sarath Fonseka is due to be indicted in High Courts shortly over his statement made before the Presidential Elections claiming that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had ordered not to spare any LTTE member surrendering, State Counsel informed the Chief Magistrate today.

Gen. Fonseka was today produced before Colombo’s Chief Magistrate Champa Janaki Rajaratne over the statement he made in an interview with the Sunday Leader news paper. 

The Chief Magistrate Champa Janaki Rajaratna said that, if bail is not granted the normal practice would be to hand ove the suspect to the remand Prison, but in this case as Gen Fonseka is a LTTE target he will be under the custody of the miltiary police. 

DSG Wasantha Bandara told courts that Gen Fonseka will be indicted under clause 28 and 29 of the Emergency Regulation for creating communal disharmony.